Patrick Lonergan
@pflonergan.bsky.social
Drama and Theatre Studies, Irish literature, Shakespeare, Ecocriticism. Works at University of Galway. Latest book: _Theatre Revivals for the Anthropocene_ published Cambridge 2023.
Charlie Byrnes here in #galway has created this beautiful window of Irish theatre books and posters, most of them from @druidtheatre.bsky.social!
July 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Charlie Byrnes here in #galway has created this beautiful window of Irish theatre books and posters, most of them from @druidtheatre.bsky.social!
July 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Strongly recommending @gatetheatredublin.bsky.social's production of THE PILLOWMAN. Lovely balance of cruelty and tenderness in the acting, design, direction - confirming my hunch that this is Martin McDonagh's best play.
Will be going again for definite.
Will be going again for definite.
July 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Strongly recommending @gatetheatredublin.bsky.social's production of THE PILLOWMAN. Lovely balance of cruelty and tenderness in the acting, design, direction - confirming my hunch that this is Martin McDonagh's best play.
Will be going again for definite.
Will be going again for definite.
A bit of Galway in Dublin - Macnas bringing Con Mór to the Phoenix park for Bloom
June 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A bit of Galway in Dublin - Macnas bringing Con Mór to the Phoenix park for Bloom
I'm a couple of years late to it but am exceptionally impressed by Audrey Magee's the Colony. Feels thematically important but also so precise on the small details of ordinary lives.
April 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'm a couple of years late to it but am exceptionally impressed by Audrey Magee's the Colony. Feels thematically important but also so precise on the small details of ordinary lives.
Loved Emmet Kerwan's ACCENTS in Galway last night (script published by @methuendrama.bsky.social)
February 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Loved Emmet Kerwan's ACCENTS in Galway last night (script published by @methuendrama.bsky.social)
@druidtheatre.bsky.social feature as the picture of the day in today's @irishtimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
@druidtheatre.bsky.social feature as the picture of the day in today's @irishtimes.com
Student societies here in Galway have a busy week of performances coming up...
January 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Student societies here in Galway have a busy week of performances coming up...
Coming up at the O'Donoghue Theatre here in Galway - our third years' production of the Beaux Strategem, directed by Aideen Wylde. They are rehearsing next door to my office and I can already tell that this is going to be a great one!
January 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Coming up at the O'Donoghue Theatre here in Galway - our third years' production of the Beaux Strategem, directed by Aideen Wylde. They are rehearsing next door to my office and I can already tell that this is going to be a great one!
Not for the first time, I'm wondering why theatre critics and marketing people use words like 'searing', 'blistering', and 'compelling' to tell us that a play is worth seeing.
Doesn't it make theatre seem a bit, I don't know, Spanish Inquisition-ish?
Doesn't it make theatre seem a bit, I don't know, Spanish Inquisition-ish?
January 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Not for the first time, I'm wondering why theatre critics and marketing people use words like 'searing', 'blistering', and 'compelling' to tell us that a play is worth seeing.
Doesn't it make theatre seem a bit, I don't know, Spanish Inquisition-ish?
Doesn't it make theatre seem a bit, I don't know, Spanish Inquisition-ish?
Evening reading... Parade by Rachel Cusk
January 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Evening reading... Parade by Rachel Cusk
First play of 2025 - Kyoto. I was a delegate from france
January 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
First play of 2025 - Kyoto. I was a delegate from france
New Poetry Ireland Review arriving just in time for Christmas...
December 23, 2024 at 3:49 PM
New Poetry Ireland Review arriving just in time for Christmas...
I was impressed by THE DEAD at @molimuseum.bsky.social by Anu and Landmark - performances and design were excellent and the script found new things to say, about Lily especially. On the way home we passed the house on Usher's Island where the story is set - looking very forlorn and neglected, sadly.
December 9, 2024 at 1:46 PM
I was impressed by THE DEAD at @molimuseum.bsky.social by Anu and Landmark - performances and design were excellent and the script found new things to say, about Lily especially. On the way home we passed the house on Usher's Island where the story is set - looking very forlorn and neglected, sadly.
The Coole Park deer seem to have weathered #stormdarragh
December 7, 2024 at 6:02 PM
The Coole Park deer seem to have weathered #stormdarragh
Very happy, as always, to get the latest @stingingfly.bsky.social through my letterbox today. Lovr the cover - by Hazel Coonagh.
November 29, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Very happy, as always, to get the latest @stingingfly.bsky.social through my letterbox today. Lovr the cover - by Hazel Coonagh.
Winter is coming...
November 27, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Winter is coming...
Latest Granta - focusing on new Chinese writing. Looking forward to diving in.
November 11, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Latest Granta - focusing on new Chinese writing. Looking forward to diving in.
First glimmers of frost on campus in Galway this morning
November 11, 2024 at 3:41 PM
First glimmers of frost on campus in Galway this morning
Weekend reading - In Defence of Lady Gregory, Playwright - by Ann Saddlemyer, published in 1966 in Dublin by Dolmen Press. Arrived in the post today: the reassuring smell of old books.
November 8, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Weekend reading - In Defence of Lady Gregory, Playwright - by Ann Saddlemyer, published in 1966 in Dublin by Dolmen Press. Arrived in the post today: the reassuring smell of old books.
New from Gallery Press - by John McAuliffe and Michelle O'Sullivan. They always produce such beautifully designed books...
October 30, 2024 at 3:53 PM
New from Gallery Press - by John McAuliffe and Michelle O'Sullivan. They always produce such beautifully designed books...
Looking forward to reading this one very much - Simon Russell Beale on playing Shakespeare - just out.
October 29, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Looking forward to reading this one very much - Simon Russell Beale on playing Shakespeare - just out.
A wonderful night of celebration at the Palas in Galway yesterday for the Galway launch of THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN. Exceptionally proud to see the University of Galway logo in the credits too! It really is one of the best Irish films in a very long time - everyone should see it.
April 25, 2024 at 9:27 AM
A wonderful night of celebration at the Palas in Galway yesterday for the Galway launch of THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN. Exceptionally proud to see the University of Galway logo in the credits too! It really is one of the best Irish films in a very long time - everyone should see it.
A book about the ultimate nature of reality, as seen through Borges, Heisenberg, and Kant - and, amazingly, it's readable, entertaining, and enlightening in equal measures. Enjoying it a lot - the Rigor of Angels, by William Egginton.
February 16, 2024 at 5:26 PM
A book about the ultimate nature of reality, as seen through Borges, Heisenberg, and Kant - and, amazingly, it's readable, entertaining, and enlightening in equal measures. Enjoying it a lot - the Rigor of Angels, by William Egginton.